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[syn: humorous, humourous]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Humorous \Hu"mor*ous\, a. [Cf. L. humorosus, umorosus, moist.
See Humor.]
1. Moist; humid; watery. [Obs.]
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All founts wells, all deeps humorous. --Chapman.
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2. Subject to be governed by humor or caprice; irregular;
capricious; whimsical. --Hawthorne.
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Rough as a storm and humorous as the wind. --Dryden.
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3. Full of humor; jocular; exciting laughter; playful; as, a
humorous story or author; a humorous aspect.
Syn: Jocose; facetious; witty; pleasant; merry.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
humorous
adj 1: full of or characterized by humor; "humorous stories";
"humorous cartoons"; "in a humorous vein" [syn:
humorous, humourous] [ant: humorless, humourless,
unhumorous]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
61 Moby Thesaurus words for "humorous":
Attic, absurd, amusing, beguiling, biting, bizarre, brilliant,
clever, comical, delightful, diverting, droll, eccentric,
entertaining, facetious, farcical, fun, funny, hilarious,
humorsome, hysterical, incongruous, jesting, jocose, jocular,
joking, joky, joshing, keen, keen-witted, laughable, ludicrous,
merry, mordant, nimble-witted, playful, pleasant, pointed,
priceless, pungent, quaint, quick-witted, quizzical, rapier-like,
recreational, rich, ridiculous, risible, salt, salty,
scintillating, screaming, sharp, smart, sparkling, sprightly,
titillating, titillative, waggish, whimsical, witty